1996 Darwin Awards

Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.

Lawyer Aloft
1996 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed True by Darwin

(1996, Toronto)
Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows
in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane
of glass with his shoulder and plunged twenty-four floors
to his death. A police spokesman said Garry, thirty-nine,
fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank
Tower as he was explaining the strength of the building's
windows to visiting law students. Garry had previously
conducted the demonstration of window strength without
mishap, according to police reports. The managing partner
of the law firm that employed the deceased told the
Toronto Sun newspaper that Garry was "one of the best and
brightest" members of the two-hundred-man
association.